Mike Brent is an amateur independent animator from Stop Motion Animation.com known as Strider. This information portal is a web community administrated by Anthony Scott. Within this community, Brent focuses mainly on the Eastern European style of stopmotion known as Puppetfilm.
After viewing Street of Crocodiles, [Timothy & Stephen Quay, 1986] Brent says he realized that [...]
In her travels across Africa, Claudia Lloyd came across two things that were the basis for the Tinga Tinga series. She had been involved with Comic Relief and wanted to teach herself Swahili so started reading childrens’ stories. These tales – Why Lion Roars?; Why Giraffe has a long neck?; Leopard spots and Zebra stripes? [...]
Here are 3O Tips for character animation. This notes are meant for 2D animations but it still does relavant to 3D animations:
1. Don’t illustrate words or mechanical movements. Illustrate ideas or thoughts, with the attitudes and actions.
2. Squash and stretch entire body for attitudes.
3. If possible, make definite changes from one attitude to another in [...]